Author: Jason Artman

  • What’s in Your Vape Survival Kit? Grab These Supplies Ahead of the Vapocalypse

    What’s in Your Vape Survival Kit? Grab These Supplies Ahead of the Vapocalypse

    There’s no question that the vaping industry in the United States is on extremely shaky regulatory ground right now. The deadline for the FDA to process all outstanding premarket applications from the country’s vape juice makers has come and gone. While there are many PMTAs that the FDA has yet to process, all of the…

  • The One Problem With Nicotine Salt E-Liquid Is…

    The One Problem With Nicotine Salt E-Liquid Is…

    When nicotine salt e-liquid first hit the market a little over five years ago, it was heralded as one of the most important product developments in the history of vaping to date. Being much smoother than freebase nicotine, nicotine salt made it possible for the first time to use a small low-wattage vaping device and…

  • The REAL Reason Why Your Vape Coils Don’t Last

    The REAL Reason Why Your Vape Coils Don’t Last

    Will priming your vape coils properly make them last longer? Not if you’re using this type of e-liquid.

  • What Are Terpenes & How Do They Affect CBD Vaping?

    What Are Terpenes & How Do They Affect CBD Vaping?

    Terpenes are the natural compounds that give cannabis its wide range of flavors, and they can affect the CBD vaping experience in surprising ways.

  • Australian Vapers Reduce Nicotine Usage Ahead of Import Ban

    Australian Vapers Reduce Nicotine Usage Ahead of Import Ban

    With a potential e-liquid import ban on the horizon, Australian vapers are changing the way they use nicotine. Have you started planning for the import ban?

  • Why a Great Battery Charger Is One of the Best Investments a Vaper Can Make

    Why a Great Battery Charger Is One of the Best Investments a Vaper Can Make

    Why should you bother spending the money on an expensive charger for your vape batteries? We’ll give you 6 good reasons.

  • How Is Vape Juice Made and Distributed? An Insider’s Guide…

    How Is Vape Juice Made and Distributed? An Insider’s Guide…

    How is vape juice made? It turns out that a bottle of e-liquid goes through many hands before it reaches you. Learn more.

  • The 7 Most Essential Features Any Portable Vaporizer Must Have

    The 7 Most Essential Features Any Portable Vaporizer Must Have

    Don’t buy any portable vaporizer that lacks any of these 7 essential features.

  • Introducing VIGGO, Australia’s New Pod Vape

    Introducing VIGGO, Australia’s New Pod Vape

    Life isn’t easy for Australian vapers. As we’ve mentioned elsewhere on this site, the legal hurdles required to buy nicotine e-liquid in Australia could give an outside observer the impression that the Australian government actually prefers its citizens to smoke rather than vape. You can read more about those hurdles via the link above. In…

  • 5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Buy In Vape Shops

    5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Buy In Vape Shops

    The average vaper barely scratches the surface of what his or her local vape shop has to offer. If you only go to your local vape shop when you need a bottle of e-liquid and a box of coils, you’re missing out on a lot of other fun things that you could also be buying.…

  • Why Vape Shops Are Our #1 Best Hope For Killing Teen Vaping

    Why Vape Shops Are Our #1 Best Hope For Killing Teen Vaping

    The results from the 2019 National Youth Tobacco Use Survey are in, and they are extremely alarming for those of us in the vaping industry. Among high school students, a shocking 27.5 percent report regular e-cigarette use. A further 10.5 percent of middle school students report regular vaping. That’s a total of 5 million underaged…

  • 6 JUUL Tips and Tricks: How To Make It Better…

    6 JUUL Tips and Tricks: How To Make It Better…

    Personally, I’m not a fan of JUUL. I’d much rather use something like the Apollo Breze Kit. Or one of these disposable vape pens – they’re cheaper and tend to vape a lot better. Still, for whatever reason, JUUL is very popular. The JUUL brand launched with what was most likely the most extensive public relations…

  • Pod Vape vs. Vape Mod: What’s The Difference?

    Pod Vape vs. Vape Mod: What’s The Difference?

    The vaping market has narrowed a bit over the past couple of years. On one side, you have the experienced vapers who are still using the same box mods and refillable tanks that they’ve used for years. On the other side, you have the newer generation of vapers who are primarily using pod vapes with…

  • What Are Shortfill E-Liquids? Everything You Need To Know…

    What Are Shortfill E-Liquids? Everything You Need To Know…

    If you live in the United Kingdom or Europe – and your vaping setup includes a sub-ohm tank or RDA – chances are that shortfill e-liquids are a part of your daily life. For those who live in the United States and other regions, though, the term might be unfamiliar. Why might shortfill e-liquids matter…

  • The Lost Art of the Classic E-Cigarette Kit

    The Lost Art of the Classic E-Cigarette Kit

    The preferences of the vaping community have definitely changed over the years – and if you’ve been vaping long enough, you can probably remember a few vaping products from the past that would never, ever sell today. Have you been around long enough to remember cigalikes with disposable sponge-filled cartridges? What about the original eGo…

  • Is Donald Trump REALLY Going To Ban E-Juice Flavors?

    Is Donald Trump REALLY Going To Ban E-Juice Flavors?

    The White House needs to hear from adult vapers and anyone who loves a vaper! A flavor ban won’t protect our children, but it will kill their parents. We need to  Light Up The Switchboard At The White House! Ph: 202-456-1111 (Comment Line) or 202-456-1414 (Switchboard) Trump Will Ban Flavored E Juice THIS WEEK… Lately, the vaping…

  • 7 Ways “B&M” Vape Shops Can Compete With Online Retailers

    7 Ways “B&M” Vape Shops Can Compete With Online Retailers

    When you read the discussions on Reddit or any vaping forum, you can find no shortage of conversations in which people compare the merits of local vs. online vape shops. If you’re the owner of a brick-and-mortar vape shop, it probably stings a little to see complaints of price gouging by local stores. Don’t those…

  • The Curious Case of The Ever-Enduring UK “Cigalike”…

    The Curious Case of The Ever-Enduring UK “Cigalike”…

    In the United States, a funny thing has happened to the venerable cigalike over the past few years: It has almost completely disappeared. If you look around at some of the biggest overseas vaping markets, however – the United Kingdom and Australia, to name two examples – the cigalike has not had the same fate…

  • Nations in Which E Liquid is Harder to Buy Than Cigarettes

    Nations in Which E Liquid is Harder to Buy Than Cigarettes

    Vaping has brought enormous benefits to the lives of millions of former smokers around the world – but despite that fact, buying nicotine e-liquid is surprisingly difficult to do in some regions. The legal challenges are even more surprising in light of the fact that cigarettes are so easy to acquire in comparison. If you…

  • 6 Reasons Why Nicotine-Free E-Liquid Is Actually Worth Buying

    6 Reasons Why Nicotine-Free E-Liquid Is Actually Worth Buying

    Do you ever glance at the rows of nicotine-free e-liquid at your local vape shop and wonder why the manufacturers even bother to make them? You took up vaping as a replacement for smoking. You’re no longer addicted to cigarettes, but you are still addicted to nicotine. Isn’t everyone else? Well, no… as it turns…